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mantelshelves

mantelshelves is the plural of mantelshelf.

Meaning of mantelshelf

Noun

mantelshelf (plural mantelshelves)

  1. A shelf above a fireplace.
    • Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
  2. Synonym of mantel (“a type of maneuver to surmount a ledge”).
    Synonyms:
    mantel

Questions about mantelshelves

What is mantelshelves the plural of?
Mantelshelves is the plural of mantelshelf.

Words near mantelshelves in the dictionary

  1. Mantells
  2. mantelpiece
  3. mantelpieces
  4. mantels
  5. mantelshelf
  6. mantelshelves
  7. manteltree
  8. manteltrees
  9. Manteo
  10. Manter
  11. manterrupt

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